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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 474

Ref. 4099 Stainless Steel ?Flared Lugs? Rolex, ?Chronographe Anti-Magnetique?, Ref. 4099, case No. 583163. Made in 1947. Very fine and rare, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter, with a Rolex stainless steel buckle.

CHF 22,000 - 27,000

EUR 14,000 - 17,000 / USD 18,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 28,320

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, flared fluted lugs. D. Matte silver, with applied pink gold baton indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer and blue telemeter graduations. Pink gold ?baton? hands. M. 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm. From ?The Collection?


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

It is rare to find an example of this reference with an unrestored dial. A similar watch is published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, p. 485.